Computer Programming Fundamentals and History
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Vocabulary flashcards covering core computer programming concepts and key historical programming languages based on lecture slides.
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Computer Program
A series of instructions written to perform a specified task on a computer.
Programmer
A person who writes, develops, and debugs the computer program.
Computer Programming
The art or process and science of creating/writing program, which involves planning and designing solutions for a particular problem and then writing code using a programming language.
Programming Language
A tool that allows programmers to write commands or programs that can easily be understood by a person and translated into codes that are machine-readable.
Machine Language
An early programming language that relates electric switching 0 for off and 1 for on.
Assembly Language
A programming language used by programmers in the 1940s alongside the first modern computer.
FORTRAN
Formula Translating System, a programming language created in the 1950s.